Lee's birthday isn't until May 16, but I have been thinking long and hard the last little bit about what to get him.  When we were in Tahoe a week ago, I realized that a new snowboard was the answer!  He's never had a new one and the one he is riding is nearly 10 years old.  I'm really quite ignorant when it comes to snowboards and anything related.  Lucky for me the "gearheads" at Backcountry.com know what they are talking about.  They helped me pick and purchase a board -- and it came on Friday.  Anyone that knows me knows that I get SUPER excited about things and there was no way that I could hide the snowboard for two months or keep the surprise to myself.  So when Lee got home from work on Friday -- he got an early birthday surprise!!  He loves it. I just hope it snows again in mid-April so we can go up and try it out!